Birdie Wrack Wins Seventh At Tri-State Fair Meets Big Purses
After seven days of thrilling races the Tri-State Fair's Spring Race meeting ends this afternoon with anticipated record one day attendance. Birdie Wrack delivered yesterday's biggest payoff at 24.30 for a win as favorites also starred. Races begin 2 PM with ten events at 30 minute intervals featuring three purses of 200 and one 100. Four horses changed owners via claiming routes.
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Tom Nance
Allis- Chalmers
Tri-State
Birdie Wrack
A. C. Francis
Minnie K
Miss Spectacle
Bessie Hodges
Mount Lookout
Brewer
Peregrina
A. Raburn
Man with no flight time lands plane at Alameda police
Joseph Andrew Callahan a 39 year old ex-soldier who says he was unwillingly piloting a small plane made a wild unplanned flight over the San Francisco Bay air field before bringing the craft down near police headquarters. The craft suffered minor damage and owner Myrton Johnston prepared a complaint charging him with tampering with an airplane.
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Alameda
Calif
Joseph Andrew Callahan
San Francisco Bay Airdrome
Callahan
Myrton Johnston
Japan Lands 7600 Troops in North China Garrisons
Japanese forces reinforced Tientsin and Peiping with four transport loads, bringing 7 600 troops into North China amid fears of a broader campaign to conquer China. Chinese sources said Italy's Ethi annexation encouraged the move and signaled a larger wartime effort.
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Tientsin
Peiping
Japan
Italy
Ethi
Kidnaper and G man Game Ends in Fatal Shot
In Dekalb Missouri on May 15 Raymond Mallory Jr., a kidnapper, died after his brother Stephen 12 who played the G man game fired a shotgun. Raymond resisted arrest with two unloaded revolvers and was shot in the chest. Warner Baxter star mentioned in context of film history.
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Dekalb, Mo
U.P
Raymond Mallory, Jr
Stephen
J. Edgar Hoover
Raymond
Grain Men Close Sessions With Officer Elections
Grain dealers wrap up the 21st Panhandle Grain Dealers Association convention with final sessions featuring estimates on the 1936 wheat crop and speeches by R. O. Cromwell H. T. Collman T. B. Gallaher Harry L Kearns and H H Williamson. The day includes an election of officers for the ensuing year and a golf tournament at Amarillo Country Club after a noon break.
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Panhhandle-Plains
The
Association
Amarillo Country Club
R. O. Cromwell
Chicago
H. T. Collman
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo
T. B. Gallaher
Santa Fe Western Lines
Harry L Kearns
H. H. Williamson
Texas Extension Service
College Station
Williamson
Collman
Truck and Car Meet Tragedy In Groom Area
A Jericho girl aged 7 was badly injured and her father also seriously hurt in a truck and car meet incident in Groom Area. Investigators are sorting cause as first responders treated the victims on scene.
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Jericho
Six injured in head-on crash near Groom on Route 66
A sedan carrying the Jericho family Mary Lee, Jimmy, Neal Henry and their parents collided with an oil truck driven by B L Wood of Tulsa two miles east of Groom. Mary Lee seven suffered severe facial injuries. Barney Henry and his wife sustained deep lacerations and serious cuts. The three Henry children were all hurt. All victims were transported to Worley Hospital in Pampa for X rays. condition of Mary Lee described as critical.
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Highway 66
Groom
Mary Lee Henry
Barney Henry
Rock Island
Jericho
Worley Hospital
Pampa
Dr. Witt
Mr. Henry
Pampa Hospital
Fugitive Pair Back in Jail Near Carrizozo
Sheriff A F McCamant captured two fugitives near White Oaks New Mexico and identified them as C W French and Sam Lee Frazier. They escaped from Levelland Texas jail early Tuesday by lowering from the fourth floor on a blanket rope. They admitted their identities and will be held for Texas officers. Both were serving two year sentences and fled after abandoning their car.
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Carrizozo
N. M
A. F. McCamant
C. W. French
Sam Lee Frazier
Levelland
Tex
McCamant
Thomas
White Oaks
Here
Texas
French
Frazier
Nine Officers Stand Guard Over Traxler
Hemphill County officers guard the injured Oklahoma ex convict Pete Traxler in a Canadian hospital after a hail of bullets left him wounded in three places. A grand jury indicted him for a service station hijacking, with trial postponed to the following week due to his injuries.
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Hemphill County
Pete Traxler
Traxler
Oklahoma
Canadian River Bridge
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
Partly cloudy conditions are forecast for Amarillo, West Texas, and western New Mexico on Saturday. Unsettled weather in New Mexico may bring showers to the northwest area with little temperature change. Temperature readings from yesterday show highs near 86 and a low around 60, with typical diurnal variation expected.
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Amarillo
Shoe Clerks Add To the Language
Lincoln report lists terms from shoe clerks tied to shop talk and slang. University of Nebraska students document phrases such as Spiff an old style shoe, Cowhide and keg of nails a men s work shoe, Wrapup profit from overcharging a customer. The compilation includes references to Warner Baxters Viva Villa and Robin Hood at M G M studios.
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Lincoln, Neb
University of Nebraska
3000 Pupils Reenact Texas Eras In Huge Pageant
About 3,000 Amarillo school children staged a six episode pageant at Butler Field last night to illuminate Texas history through song, dance and scenes. An estimated 5,000 parents and others witnessed the performances showing Indian life, French and Spanish influence, and the rise of Mexican rule.
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Texas
Butler Field
Amarillo
Panhandle Settlement and Civil War Pageant Scenes
A newspaper pageant recount moves from the fall of the Alamo and Santa Ana’s surrender to Texans aiding secession then shows the U S flag raised with Uncle Sam. The segment closes with the Panhandle settlement as the narrative continues on page 8 column 4.
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Alamo
Santa Ana
Confederacy
United States
Uncle Sam
Young Republic
Panhandle
Cabinet Changes Foreseen Amid Budget Inquiry
In London on May 15 reports say Prime Minister Baldwin may reshuffle his cabinet with Viscount Mon Sell possibly retiring and Sir Samuel Hoare as a replacement. The budget leakage probe continues as the tribunal reviews bank books and stock dealings tied to Colonial Secretary J H Thomas amid testimony that drew wide interest.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
League of Nations
Viscount Monsell
Admiralty
Samuel Hoare
Judicial Tribunal
J. H.thomas
Thomas
Leslie
S Men Patrol Highways In Autos
Austin, May 15. Department of Safety introduces autos for highway patrols as L G Phares, chief of the Highway Patrol, warns chronic speeders they will be stopped by alert eight men in the car. The program aims to curb a small minority of law violators and promote safety conscious driving on Texas roads.
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Austin
Texas
Department of Safety
S-men
L. G. Phares
Highway Patrol
Safety Department
Cyclone Davis Visits Amarillo for Week of Speeches
Cyclone Davis and his son Arion promote their political views during a one week stay in Amarillo. He will speak at local schools and attended a Butler-Field pageant by special invitation, as reporters note the ongoing Texas political activity surrounding the figure.
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Texas
Cyclone Davis
Arion
Amarillo
Butler-Field
Rifleman Fires On Army Dirigible Over California
Sunnyvale Calif May 15 two attempts by a rifleman to shoot down the army dirigible TC 13 prompted Maj Clarence B Lobar commander at Moffett Field to seek the shooter s identity and motive. Attacks occurred January 1 and May 4 as the craft flew 1000 to 2000 feet with bullets tearing gasbag fabric and helium escaping threatening a midair fire. The assailant fired eight more bullets on the second strike and was said to be within fifteen feet of the car.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
Clarence B. Lobar
Moffett Field
Here
Lothar
Lobhar
Pearce Former State Representative Critically Ill in Coleman
Former State Representative A. L. Pearce was reported critically ill in a Coleman hospital today. He was unconscious and relatives were summoned to his bedside.
Panhandle Gas and Oil Quota Slashed by Texas Railroad Board
The Texas Railroad Commission cut East Texas daily allowance from 2.78 to 2.6 percent of average hourly potential, reducing output by about 10 000 barrels daily and setting statewide allowable at 1 143 995 barrels effective May 20. Wells in new fields fell from 150 to 135 barrels daily as part of curbing the drilling surge.
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Austin
Railroad Commission
East Texas
Overseas Forces Clash as Japan Moves Troops in China
Reports state 7 600 fresh Japanese troops land in North China amid Chinese fears of Tokyo inspired by distant cues. Chinese protests mount over smuggling and troop movements while UB Asiatic Fleet warships arrive for summer maneuvers.
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Tientsin
Japan
China
Tokyo
Taly
War Office
Apokc Aman
Nanking
Japan Reinforces China Posts Ahead of Possible War
The article notes Japan has 15,900 troops in China south of the Great Wall and about 80,000 to the north with thousands more elsewhere in inner Mongolia. Tokyo says the move respects China’s sovereignty, but Chinese sources view it as groundwork for a full division and potential future conflict with the Soviet Union. Reinforcements concentrate in the Tokyo concession in Tientsin, with 10,000 there now and 600 in Peiping, plus plans for land purchases near Hopeh and a new four lane highway from Taku to Tientsen and larger barracks and airfields.
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Japan
China
Great Wall
Inner Mongolia
Tokyo
Russia
Tientsin
Peiping
Taku
Amarillo Men in Jail Over Bond Default in Robbery Case
Two Amarillo men, Doyle Rutherford and Mike Allred, remained jailed on $1,000 bonds for robbery by assault. Bonds were set by Justice of the Peace B. R. Clark. The pair were arrested after Claude Simonds of Channing reported being robbed of over $100 in a small Amarillo hotel.
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Amarillo
Doyle Rutherford
Mike Allred
Potter County
B. R. Clark
Wife Ordered to Pay Alimony in New York Case
In a precedent setting ruling Judge Jacob Panken ordered Mrs. George Picker to pay $5.75 weekly toward the support of her unemployed husband. Mrs. Picker owned a thriving business and substantial bank funds while Picker claimed poverty and relief status. The suit was brought by the city at the Emergency Relief Bureau’s request.
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New York
U.P
Jacob Panken
Court of Domestic Relations
George Picker
Warner Baxton M G Ma Great Su Or Viva Villa Rob Dorado
Fragmentary notes mention names Warner Baxton M G Ma Viva Villa and Rob Dorado with unclear context or dates. Reading suggests a film or theater reference but details are not fully legible. No verifiable event, place, or outcome is evident.
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Warner Baxton
M.G. Ma
Viva Villa
Rob Dorado
Paramount
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Archie Herring
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J. D. Behannon
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